Australian Brush-turkey

Centennial Lakes, Cairns North, FN Qld IMG_0237 20180401 - lathami male

Notes: Mostly blackish w. bare red head & neck; coloured pouch on neck.
Male br: pouch lathami yellow; purpureicollis purple. Non-br: pouch shrunken.
Female: like non-br male; dark bristles not just on forecrown. Roosts in trees.

Range from Pizzey & Knight^©(modified)

Mt Hypipome NP, FN Qld IMG_9006 20180319 - lathami female Kingfisher Pk, Julattan, FN Qld IMG_6181 20160927 - lathami male breeding Cooks Hut, Iron Range NP, Cape York, FN Qld IMG_2762 20160914 - purpureicollis male breeding Artemis Stn., Cape York, FN Qld IMG_1834 20160910 - purpureicollis male Lake Eacham, Crater Lakes NP, FN Qld IMG_6310 20180227 - lathami female location MVI_6666 20160909

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